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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
NELLIE HoRAN of Whitewater is fateC

NELLIE HoRAN of Whitewater is fated
to be ever before the public in most I'M
pleasing notoriety. First she was tried
for poisoning her sister. Then she was
plaintiff in breach of promise suit
Later she sued the chief clerk of the SEN
ate for wages she claimed was due her
from the state. Now her name figures
again In suit, though not party in
interest except in moral sense. Her
lawyer, when she was tried for murder,
was about to throw up the case because
he saw no means of getting his pay
Richardson, the person to whom Nellie
was engaged, and whom she afterward
s,,n,ed for breach of promise, gave the law
yer $50 aid told him to go on with the
case. Now the lawyer sues Richardson
for his fee. Poor Richardson has suffered
good deal already from his relations
with the girl.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

STEPHEN DORSEY, the man of star route
fame and the manager of the Garfield
campaign. says the money paid out for
election purposes generally remains in
the hands of the parties to whom it is
paid. The only way to secure its expen-
ditUre for the purpose intended, is to Sc
lect certain men In each town as workers,
giving each man a certain sum In the.
presence of the others and holding each
one responsible for the section he is to
work up.
The use of money at elections has be-
come a regular feature. If it was expend-
ed in meeting the necessary expenses of
political speech making there would not
be much cause for regret that money is
needed to carry on elections, because
many people are educated in political
matters from the stump. But the money
is used largely for corrupting voters and
as an outgrowth of the system there ars
a number of local politicians Throughout
this county whose political influence
always in the market. The use of none
at caucuses and at the polls is turning
the attention of voters wholly from tlp
fitness of che candidate to his willingness
to spend money. Many county officer
quit Office without having saved cen,
having expended everything in seekin,
popularity by quenching the thirst G
voters Many county officers have fxet
upon themselves drinking habits whici
they cannot shake off and all becaus
popularity comes from hberality at TIN
bar, ana fitness for office is determined
by a mans capacity for drink.
Well-to-do farmers are by no meas
| scarce who ask officers to treat and threat
| en- in case of refusal to use their influence
against them when election day CONES.
There must be something wrong In
system which keeps a man from having
a feeling of shame when he begs for wins
key. But our system of politics is wdl
calculated to encourage this gro velirg
mendicancy on the part of men who would
scorn to beg for bread. Conventions are
becoming fearfully corrupt. Candidates
! for office, in many cases, are bled by DID,
| egates who ask that expenses be paid
| Election day seethes with corruption aid
drunkenness. Money has certainly grown
so be a curse in election matters; in local
affairs as well as in national. The people
who crowd about a candidate to get
| drinks are fully as bad as those who IN
| perfume him for money. 1t is degrading
to the people and ruinous to the Office
holder.
How is it to be 1emedied? By the can
didates themselves. It is an easy NIT
ter for all the candidates to join IL a
| pledge to give no money for election par
poses. To purchase no votes by mems
| of whiskey or money. To denounce pub
| licly any voter who asks for either. With
| this reform there may be a lighter vote,
but there certainly would be clearer
election.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

The grand army posts which are pro-
testing against Cleveland's visit to st.
Louis on the occasion of the national en-
campment there. are injuring their order.
Even the Inter Ocean, which will never
be accused of partiality for democratic
president, advises the members of the G..
A. r. to cease showing disrespect for the
chief executive of the nation, but to vote
against Cleveland should he be again a
candidate for the presidency and thus
show disapproval of his course. 1t is
good advice. There is no need of all this
buster because Cleveland was invited by
the citizens of St Louis to visit that city.
All debts can be paid on election day.
Cleveland likely foresaw the opposition
to him which the veto of the pension bill
would create and it is much to his credit
that the fear of earning the hostility of a
powerful organization did not deter aim
from doing his duty by the public as he
saw it. Vote against him and no one can
find fault. Quit bowling,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

Boston has society whose present
purpose is to abolish the old Puritan Sab
bath. 1t is said the society numbers
among its members many excellent men
and people of philanthropic purpose
But such irreverent expressions as the
following show that it also has members
who are not mindful of good taste or the
courtesy due to opinions having root in
early religious training:
"Even if the scriptures did warrant the
observance of Sunday as a Sabbath,
was it likely that God would have talks
on this subject with barbarous old He
brew on an Asiatic mountain, when he
could have the privilege of speaking
about it to Gov. Ames on Beacon hlll?''
Those who have no faith In revelation
should remember that to speak tlippantly
on what is held to be sacred subject is
extremely offensive to persons who be-
lieve that Moses held direct communica-
ton with God. What is known as the
"bigotry- of free thought" is not whit
more liberal than the Puritanism it de-
cries.
Beliefs which have their origin in an
| tiquity and which have survived genera
lions are so deeply implanted IN human
| nature as to have the strength of instinct
| If not the support of reason, and those
people entertaining them have reason to
| be shocked at ridicule though they may
| not be justified in protesting against re-
| spectful argument. The free-t thinker is
| assailed by believers, uncharitably often
| and In such manner as to merit indigna-
| ton. But a little reflection Will teach
| him that he is the iconoclast; that he is
| breaking down cherished beliefs even
| though he be silent in his unbelief.-
! There is none of us, even of the number
| who have drifted farthest from the belief
which was our early hope, that is not
touched at times by the outward nantes
| tations of faith in which our youth was
nurtured. The village church bell
"as it comes mellowed to the traveller on
| the hill" has indeed sound which Is an
echo of the past and awakens memories
which one would not willingly shut out
| There is much of sweet solace in carrying
the innocent hopefulness of childhood
into the work-day maturity of life, and
softening the hard front of reality by
leaning upon the trust with which We
were once content. Humanize the Puri
tan Sabbath by all means but let it bt
done by broadening charity, not by shut
ting out a belief in things unreasonable
it may be, but far more satisfying thar
anything our philosophy can give.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

HENRY GEORGE and DR.. McGlynn will
be the two most important political fac
tors in the election Of 1888. They hold
the balance of power in New York. If
they choose to run labor candidate for
the presidency it PROFESSIONALLY gives
New York to the republicans, for the rea-
son that the state is close and the labor
vote comes largely from the democratic
party. This jeopardizes the election of a
democratic president. There is but little
hope that the labor party can be coerced
or wheedled into inactivity. That party
has a mission and it's demands are not
devoid of justice. 1t will never come to
power but it will wiring concessions from
other parties which have the power to
shape legislation. For this reason it will
maintain its organization until legisla-
ton ceases to be partial.
The democratic leaders should recog-
nize the hopelessness of carrying New
York with labor ticket in the field and
should take steps to make the election of
a democratic president not only possible
but certain, without the electoral votesof
New York. A pronounced policy in
favor of free trade will secure a sufficient
number of western states, now repubi-
can, to Offset the loss of New York. The
chances of carrying New York under the
free trade banner is far better than under
the emasculated tariff reform rag we have
been flinging to the breeze for years.
Agricultural states cannot be carried for
protection when an opportunity is offer
ed to give judgment for free trade. Con-
tinuance In the old line of policy is invit-
ing disaster and even dying ignobly. A
free trade policy is salvation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

BEN BUTLER is Il sharp old sinner and
though he is more demagogue than states
man, his opinions on questions of the day
are valuable He thinks Georges land
theories are not SO outrageous as some
people affect to believe and that the late
congress enacted law in perfect harmony
with Georges views, viz. the law prevent
ing aliens from holding more than linn
tied quantity of land III the territories
There really has been lot of nonsense
cal harping on Georges theories. He is
an extremist and his views carried to
their ultimate end are impracticable.-
But it is unquestionably true that a few
steps toward Georges land theories would
be good thing for the country. One of
these steps is the law to which Ben But
Ter refers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
Plumb & Nelson's
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.
NORTH SIDE OF RIVER.

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Detroit White Lead Co.'S" Mixed
Paints, warrants us In claiming them
the best in America They are not
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and look well. We have the finest
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When ready to paint this spring and
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made. For inside work you surely
ought to use nothing else. You know
that where jobs are small fully one
half the Painters time is taken up in
mixing and even then you don't get
as good colors as we can sell you
We sold over One Thousand $1,000
gallons of these paints last season and
every gallon was sold under a guar
antee to wear longer and look better
than any White Lead and Oil you can
mix. Call at our Hardware Depart
ment North Side of the River) and
get color card and we will tell you
who bought these goods last year
We have reduced the price this season
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will put on a printing coat of Oil,
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Any painter will tell you this though
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Everything that belongs to a Paint
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Tools you can't do better than come
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PLUMB & NELSON.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

GERMANY seems DESTROYS of preserving
peace Notwithstanding her pre-eminence
in military matters. But she evidently
is more intent upon preserving peaceful
relations with Russia than with France.
Her purpose seems to be to form triple
alliance between Russia, Germany and
Austria. This would be practically CON-
polling France to forego all hopes of re-
venge. Bismarck is as much a master of
diplomacy as he is of force and will pre-
serve Germany's supremacy by that means
as well as by large military establish
ment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
O. BRIEN the Irish editor who

O. BRIEN the Irish editor who created
such furore in Canada, is man under
40 years of age, and bachelor. He is
the only one of his family living; all the
others succumbed to consumption. He
is also of delicate form, but most in
passioned orator and fearless man. He
has served in parliament and has been
repeatedly elected but always declined to
take his seat but once. Then he was sus-
pended for his bitter invectives against
English government. He is in hearty
sympathy with Parnell, but his fiery tenn
permanent cannot submit to the patient
methods of the Irish leader. His paper
is hated and feared by the tories as it is
terrific in its denunclations and its editor
will not be silenced by persecution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

A REPORT was put IN circulation that
''our own" Fairchild had reprimanded
the c. A. r. of St. Louis for extending an
invitation to President Cleveland to be
present on the occasion of the national
encampment. He denies that he did SO
but in doing this reprimands the people
of st. Louis for inviting the President,
claiming that the G. A. r. wants al the
accommodations St. Louis can Offer
Fairchild will soon grow so big that peo-
pie won't know what to do with him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

temporarily run the price of wheat up to
ga cents in Chicago is bitterly denounced
by all legitimate dealers. 1t is said the
movement is the work of Cincinnati spec
ulators. There is capital to the amount
of S25,000,000 tied up in the deal and
Chicago elevators are crowded. When
the tumble comes it will cause considera-
bic depression and the price of grain will
sink below the legitimate level.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
First publication June ?, 1887,

-toFiI ~. II
IN PROBATE-MANITowoC COUNTY COURT.
L In the matter of the estate of Mrs. Karen
Jacobson deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Joseph
jacobson, of Cato, ManitoEoc County, represent
late of said County, on the 18th. day of May, 4.
D., 1887, at the town of Cato died ntestate, leay
ing goods, chattels and estate within this state,
and that the said petitioner Is son OF SAID De,
ceased and praying that administ ration of said
estate be to Joseph jacobson granted, 1t IS Or
dered that said petition be heard before thls
1887, at 10 o'clock A. M, at my Office In SAID
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be gwen to
the heirs of said deceased and to all persons inter-
ested by publishing a copy of this order for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing IN
the Manitowoc Pilot. weekly newspaper pub
lished at Manitowoc in said County.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 31st day of May. A. D.,
1887. CARL II. SCHMIDT, Count! judge
w. a. Walker. Atty. for estate. JnneZ3
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

WILLIAM O'BRIEN refused the Grafton
rendered him by the workmen of Chicago
because the man presiding at the meeting
was one of the invincibies and he did not
choose to do anything which would tend
to compromise the Parnell movement.
One other reason was that the resolutions
which were to be offered approved Nc
Glynn's course and O'Brien did not wish
the meeting to have any partisan religious
feature. His course is to be commended.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

GENERAL" FUTILE of Iowa would have
it appear that the Grand Army is the
sponsor for all kinds of pension bills, and
will make war on any person who offers
opposition. General" Tuttle is almost
as big fool as "our own" Fairchild and
he has been a monumental one ever since
he became commander-in-chle with adju-
tants, staff and the other ct ceteras of a
military chieftain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

THE election of Grinnell, the state at
torney who prosecuted the anarchists in
Chicago, to judgeship must be most I'M
welcome news to the Spies gang. A des-
perate effort was made to defeat him, and
in attempting to do this the laborers have
again prejudiced their cause. Grinnell is
a democrat but he was supported by re-
publicans and democrats but had to fight
the United Labor party.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

A COW was lately sold in Pennsylvania
to butcher for $50, for which her owner
few years ago refused $4,000. She was
the most famous mixer In the country
and won many premiums, but was lately
ruined by overlooking. Her pedigree
was never known as she came to the farm
or as an estray
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

lT IS strange how suddenly DR.. Nc
Glynn has developed into a monster. He
mast have been master of the metempsy-
Ghosts which enabled DR.. Jekyll to be-
come Mr.. Hyde and have lost the power
of the reverse. transmigration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

A PORTAGE county man was lately rid
died with bullets and four men were ar
rested for the crime, if crime it can be
called and not perfectly justifiable homi-
eide The man kept house of i'll repute
and inveigled the daughter of neighbor
to the den. This caused great indigna-
ton and resulted in the killing of Bue-
low. the keeper of the house.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

Tx Midland Road keeps on asking for
all and keeps on surveying its line
into every village which will pay the sur
yeyors. Here IS chance for Clark's
Mills and St. Nazians. Let them raise a
little fund with which to pay SURVEYORS
and they will have a railroad boom in no
time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

MosT of the leading English papers
have Irishmen as editors-in-chief Even
The London Times, inveterately anti
Irish as it is, has a number of Irishmen
on its editorial staff and the person who
writes the bitter articles against the Irish
people is an Irishman, native of Cork.
There is no man more bitter than a rem
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

TUE labor candidates for circuit judges
were baC'Iiv defeated in Chicago on Tues
day last. The democrats selected by the
JOINT committee were also defeated and it
is fortunate they were. 1t is one of these
who, it is said, is unable to speak Englis,s,:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

Ex-VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER died at
his home IN Watertown, n. Y, on Satur-
day last. he was man of considerable
ability but was SO unfortunate as to secure
the position of vice-President which is
practically putting an end to a public
career
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
ASTRONOMERS are b11sily Q

ASTRONOMERS are busily EMPLOYED
looking for the star of Bethlehem. One
pretends to have seen it and that soon it
Will be apparent to the naked eye; where
at the superstitious predict some dire
disasters to this globe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
DAIRY BOARD.

MANITowoC, June s, 1897.
Following offers were made by factory
men:
574 cases Y. A.
627 boxes flats.
Offers same week last year:
361 cases Y. A.
727 boxes fats.
80 boxes cheddars.
Sales as reported by factory men:
$50 cases Y. A. at TIC.
$40 cases 7. A. at Tie.
800 boxes flats at &c.
Sales same week last year:
1877 boxes Y. A. at &c.
20 boxes flats at 524c.
1913 boxes flats at &c.
Adjourned for one week.
A. G. BECKER, Sec.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

IHE railroads are preparing to contest
the constitutionality of the Interstate
commerce law, and particularly the ap-
pointment of the commissioners. They
are deferring action until the commission
announces definitely its Interpretation of
the Iaw
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

A MAN named Nelson who had con-
test with other claimants about tree
claim in Dakota, had the case decided
against him. He was so worked up IN con-
sequence that he took his rifle and killed
three members of the rival family. He
then went home and blew out his own
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

IGSATIUs DoNNELLY keeps up his
Shakesperian studies and seems to be more
convinced than ever that Shakespeare is
not Shakespeare. Donnelly unquestion-
ably presents strong arguments for his
hypothesis, but he will never convince an
unwilling world that Lord Bacon is the
author of the Shakesperian plays.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

ODoNovAN Rosa is now in state of
perturbation. An old enemy has put in
an appearance and the dynamiteur has
asked police protection. He certainly
should have no serious objections to tax
ing the medicine he prescribes for others.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

O'BRIEN denies that he struck out any
resolution referring to DR.. McGlynn and
also states that the resolutions submitted
to him made no reference whatever to the
Doctor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

An Iowa minister who went out as
missionary to Central Africa was lately
killed and eaten by the cannibals. ne
cannibals We're determined to profit i'm
mediately by the minister's presence in
their midst
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

ANlmmense procession in which 100000
persons took part, honored Gladstone at
Swansea on Saturday last The Grand
Old Man" spoke for an hour to the i'm
nlanse concourse on the Irish question.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

HE Grown Prince of Germany, Fred
rick William, will never recover and will
not long outlive his father if he survives
hn at all. He IS afflicted with cancer
which is incurable
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

GENERAL" FUTILE of Iowa wouldn't
object TO a bit of war with the G.. A. r.
on one side and poor old Cleveland on the
other. Cleveland should have consulted
the general before daring to veto the
pension bill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09
PryMorT9. Sheboygan county, has ha

PLYMOUTH, Sheboygan county, has had
tragedy. A man very much addicted
to drink was found ii a dying condition.
He shortly after died and it was thought
because of over indulgence. 1tsoon after
transpired that he had been beaten in a
saloon and died from the injuries received.
The saloon keeper is charged with the
murder.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

DIR. McGLYNN was by no means COM
piimentary in his reference to William
O'Brien, because of his failure to attend
the labor meeting. And still OBrien
acted with good Judgment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-09

HE main point Of difference is that the
{. A. r. thinks it is a mighty sight a big
ger affair than a President OF the United
States, and SO it is about election times.